These rules shall apply to all persons paid from Civil Estimates,
other than those to whom the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (VIII of 1923), applies,
whether their appointment is permanent or temporary, on the scale of pay or fixed pay or
piece-work rates who are under the rule making control of the Governor-General, and

who entered or enter service under the Central
Government on or after the 1st April, 1937, or

Who having entered such service before the 1st April,
1937, did not hold a lien or a suspended lien on a permanent post on that date,
provided also that nothing contained in these Rules shall apply to Government
servants appointed on or after the 1st day of January, 2004

NOTE. - No award shall be made under these rules in respect of a civilian
officer who is deputed on foreign service under UN bodies on or after 1st January, 1958
and who is allowed to join the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund as an 'Associate Member'.

For the purpose of these rules unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context -

(1)

"accident" means -

(i)

a sudden and unavoidable mishap ; or

(ii)

a mishap due to an act of devotion to duty in an
emergency arising otherwise than by violence out of and in the course of service ;

(2)

"date of injury" means -

(i)

in the case of accident or violence, the actual
date on which the injury is suffered or such date, not being later than the date of the
report of the Medical Board, as the President may fix ; and

(ii)

in the case of disease, the date on which the
Medical Board reports or such earlier date as may be fixed by the President with due
regard to the opinion of the Medical Board ;

(3)

"injury" means -

an injury as is mentioned in Schedule I hereto
annexed. Permanent Total Disablement shall be deemed to result from every injury specified
in Part I of Schedule I or from any combination of injuries specified in Part II of that
schedule where the aggregate percentage of loss of earning capacity (percentage of
disability) amounts to cent per cent or more. Every injury specified in Part II of
Schedule I shall be made to result in Permanent Partial Disablement.

(4)

"disease" means -

a disease as is mentioned in Schedule
I-A hereto annexed.

*(5)

"pay" means -

the pay as defined in Rule 9 (21) of
the Fundamental Rules, which a person was drawing on the date of his death or injury :

Provided that in the case of a person
remunerated by piece-work rates, pay means the average earnings of the last six months
ending with the date of his death or injury.

(6)

Deleted.

(7)

Deleted.

(8)

"Violence" means -

the act of person who inflicts an
injury on a Government servant -

(i)

by assaulting or resisting him in the discharge
of his duties, or in order to deter or prevent him from performing his duties, or

(ii)

because of anything done or attempted to be done
by such Government servant or by any other public servant in the lawful discharge of his
duty as such, or

(iii)

because of his official position.

Footnote : * See Decision (1) below these Rules for revised definition of pay with effect from
1-1-1986 as to mean the basic pay in the revised scales promulgated under the CCS (Revised
Pay) Rules, 1986, stagnation increment and Non-Practising Allowance.

Disablement shall be accepted as due
to Government service, provided that it is certified that it is due to wound, injury or
disease which -

(i)

is attributable to Government service, or

(ii)

existed before or arose during Government
service and has been and remains aggravated thereby.

(b)

Death shall be accepted as due to
Government service provided it is certified that it was due to or hastened by -

(i)

a wound, injury or disease which was
attributable to Government service, or

(ii)

the aggravation by Government service of a wound,
injury or disease which existed before or arose during Government service.

(2)

There shall be a causal connection between -

(a)

disablement and Government service ;
and

(b)

death and Government service,

for attributability or aggravation to
be conceded. Guidelines
in this regard are given in the Appendix, which shall be treated as part and parcel of these Rules.

Clarification. - It will be seen from the new (revised) Forms 'C',
'D' and 'E' that these forms of medical
certificates have been so designed that they would indicate whether the entitlement
criteria laid down in new Rule 3-A have been satisfied or not,
and therefore, normally, no other separate certificates in that behalf may be necessary.
It is essential for the Administrative Officer as well as the Audit Office (PAO) concerned
to satisfy themselves that the death/disability is, in fact, attributable to or aggravated
by the Government service which alone makes an EOP Award admissible and for that purpose,
it is essential for both of these authorities to satisfy themselves in that behalf and
certify the nexus and causal connection between disablement and Government service or
between death and Government service (as the case may be), in any particular case, as laid
down in the new Rule 3-A on the basis of the medical and other
documents regarding the case. If a Government servant had died in such circumstances and
that a medical report could not be secured, even then, the nexus and the casual connection
between death and Government service has to be established before conceding acceptance of
death due to Government service.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the degree of
default or contributory negligence on the part of a Government servant may be taken into
consideration in making an award under these rules in favour of such Government servant,
but, shall not be taken into account where such award is made in favour of the family of
such Government servant.

Except as otherwise provided in these rules, an award made under
these rules shall not affect any other pension or gratuity for which the Government
servant concerned or his family may be eligible under any other rules for the time being
in force ; and the pension granted under the provisions of these rules shall not be taken
into account in fixing the pay of pensioner in his continued employment or re-employment
in Government service.

All awards under these rules shall be made in India in rupees unless the
payee resides permanently, and desires payment to be made, in a country in which the rupee
is not legal tender. In the latter case the amount of the award shall be paid in sterling
at the exchange rate 1s 6d to the rupee.

The percentage of disability due to an
injury or injuries shall be as specified in SCHEDULE
-
I hereto
annexed, or failing that, as certified by the Medical Authority.

(2)

The percentage of disability due to a
disease or diseases specified in SCHEDULE -
I-A hereto annexed,
shall be as certified by the Medical Authority.

9.

(1)

when disablement of a Government service is conceded as due to Government
service in terms
of Rule 3-A, he shall be awarded disability pension in terms of
sub-rule (2) or (3) or lump sum compensation in terms of sub-rule (4) of this Rule in
accordance with the precentage of disability (suffered by him) as certified by the Medical
Authority concerned.

(2)

If the Government servant is boarded
out of Government service on account of his disablement, the quantum of disability pension
for cent per cent disability shall be as specified in SCHEDULE II
hereto annexed. The quantum of disability pension for lower percentage of disability shall
be, "proportionately lower". (The minima and the maxima, given in SCHEDULE II, are applicable only for arriving at the monthly
disability pension for cent per cent disability and are not applicable in respect of
percentage of disability lower than cent per cent).

(3)

If the Government
service is boarded
out of Government service on account of such disablement, and further if, the percentage
of his permanent disability as certified by the Medical Authority is not less than 60 %,
his monthly disability pension shall be related to the family pension admissible to the
widow (in case he had died instead of being disabled) in the manner laid down in O.M. No.
23 (15)-E. V (A)-Pt. IV, dated the 20th January, 1978, as indicated below -

(a)

If the employee held a permanent pensionable post
and is invalided/boarded out from service, as a result of disability attributable to
service, after rendering ten years service, he shall be given, apart from the normal
invalid pension under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, the amount of disability pension as
is admissible under the CCS (EOP) Rules, subject to the condition that the sum total
of the invalid pension plus the disability pension shall not be less than the widow's
(family) pension under the CCS (EOP) Rules ; and

(b)

if the employee eligible for disability pension
under the CCS (EOP) Rules is invalided/ boarded out from service before putting in ten
years service, he does not get any invalid pension but gets only service gratuity under
the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972. Apart from such gratuity, he shall be given such amount of
disability pension as is admissible under the EOP Rules subject to the condition that the
sum-total of the pension equivalent of such gratuity under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972,
plus the disability pension as is admissible under the CCS (EOP) Rules, shall not be less
than the widow's (family) pension under the CCS (EOP) Rules.

(4)

If the Government servant is retained
in service in spite of such disablement, he shall be paid a compensation in lump sum (in
lieu of the disability pension) on the basis of disability pension admissible to him in
accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2) of this Rule, by arriving at the
capitalized value of such disability pension with reference to the Commutation Table, in
force from time to time.

When death of a Government servant is conceded as due to Government
service in terms of Rule 3-A, his widow and children shall be
awarded pensionary benefits in accordance with SCHEDULE III
hereto annexed.

NOTE. - If a Government servant dies leaving behind two or more widows, the pension
admissible, under this rule to the widow shall be divided equally among all the widows.

(1) If the deceased Government servant has left
neither a widow nor a child, an award may be made to his father and his mother
individually or jointly and in the absence of the father and the mother to minor brothers
and sisters, individually or collectively, if they were largely dependent on the
Government servant for support and are in pecuniary need ;

Provided that the total amount of the awards shall not exceed one
half of the pension that would have been admissible to the widow under Rule 10 ;

Provided further that each minor brother's and sister's share shall
not exceed the amount of pension specified in SCHEDULE III for
a "child who is not motherless".

(2) Any award made under sub-rule (1) of this rule
will, in the event of an improvement in the pecuniary circumstances of the pensioner, be
subject to review in such manner as the President may be order prescribe.

NOTE. - If any of the widows, children, father, mother, minor brothers or sisters is
denied any share in the property of the Government servant under a will or deed made by
him such person shall be ineligible to receive any award under these rules and the benefit
will pass on to the next person eligible.

(1) A family pension will take effect from the day following
the death of the Government servant or from such other date as the President may
decide.

(2)

A family pension will ordinarily be
tenable -

(i)

in the case of a widow or mother until death or
re-marriage, whichever occurs earlier ;

(ii)

in the case of minor son, or minor brother, until
he attains the age of twenty-one* ;

(iii)

in the case of an unmarried daughter or minor
sister, until marriage or until she attains the age of twenty-four, whichever occurs earlier ;

(iv)

in the case of a father, life.

* - The age-limit fixed uniformly at 25 years for grant of family pension to both sons and
unmarried daughters, under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 [ Rule 54 (6) ] should equally
apply to CCS (EOP) Rules also. Amendment to CCS (EOP) Rules awaited.

NOTE. - The family pension of a widow will cease on re-marriage but when such
re-marriage is annulled by divorce, desertion or death of the second husband, her pension
may be restored upon proof that she is in necessitous circumstances and otherwise
deserving.

Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (i) of sub-rule (2) of Rule 12, a widow of an employee who
re-marries her deceased husband's brother and continues to live a communal life with, or
contributes to the support of the other dependants of the deceased shall not be
disqualified for the grant of extraordinary pension, otherwise admissible to her under
these rules.

(1) In respect of matters of procedure, all awards under these rules
are subject to any procedure rules relating to ordinary pensions for the time being in
force, to the extent that such procedure rules are applicable and are not inconsistent
with these rules.

(4) When a claim for any disability pension or family pension arises,
the Head of the Office or the Department in which the injured or the deceased Government
servant was employed will forward the claim through the usual channel to the Government of
India with the following documents :-

(i)

A full statement of circumstances in which the
injury was received, the disease was contracted or the death occurred.

(ii)

The application for disability pension in Form 'A' or as the case may be, the application for family pension in Form 'B' of the Forms set forth in SCHEDULE IV.

(iii)

In the case of an injury of Government servant or
one who has contracted a disease a medical report in Form 'C' of the
Forms set forth in SCHEDULE IV. In the case of a deceased
Government servant a medical report as to the death or reliable evidence as to the actual
occurrence of death if the Government servant lost his life in such circumstances that a
medical report cannot be secured.

(iv)

A report of the Accounts Officer concerned as to
whether an award is admissible under the rules and, if so, of what amount.

(5) Where the Government are satisfied on the evidence placed before
them by a Government servant in respect of whom a medical report for the purpose of grant
of disability or other extraordinary pension has been received by them, of the possibility
of an error of judgement in the decision of the Medical Board which examined him, the
Government may direct a second Medical Board consisting of members other than those who
constituted the first Medical Board to examine the officer and submit a report to the
Government in the matter ; pension shall be granted to the officer in accordance with the
decision of the second Medical Board.

(1) Revised provisions effective from 1-1-1996, regulating
Disability Pension and Extraordinary Family Pension under the CCS
(Extraordinary) Pension Rules and Liberalized Pensionary Awards- The Fifth
Central Pay Commission, and Liberalized Pensionary Awards. - The Fifth Central
Pay Commission, interalia, recommended that for determining the compensation
payable for death or disability under different circumstances, the case
could be broadly categorized in five distinct categories as under:

Category 'A'

Death or disability due to natural causes not
attributable to Government service. Examples would be chronic ailments
like heart and renal diseases, prolonged illness, accidents while not on
duty, etc.

Category 'B'

Death or disability due to causes which are accepted as
attributable to or aggravated by Government service. Diseases contracted
because of continued exposure to a hostile work environment, subjected to
extreme weather conditions or occupational hazards resulting in death or
disability would be examples.

Category 'C'

Death or disability due to accident in the performance of
duties. Some examples are accidents while traveling on duty in Governments
vehicles or public transport, a journey on duty is performed by service
aircraft, mishaps at sea, electrocution while on duty, etc.

Category 'D'

Death or disability, attributable to acts of violence by
terrorists, anti-social elements, etc. whether in their performance of
duties or otherwise. Apart from cases of death or injury sustained by
personnel of the Central Police Organization while employed in aid of the
civil administration in quelling agitation, riots or revolt by demonstrators,
other public servants including police personnel, etc., bomb blasts in
public places or transport, indiscriminate, shooting incidents in public,
etc., would be covered under this category.

Category 'E'

Death or disability arising as a result of (a) attack by or during
action against extremists, anti-social element, etc... and (b) enemy
action in international war or border skirmishes and warlike situations,
including cases which are attributable to (i) extremists acts, exploding
mines, etc..., while on way to an operational area, (ii) kidnapping by
extremists; and (iii) battle inoculation as part of training exercises
with live ammunition.

2. The Fifth Central Pay Commission
recommended various relief packages for the above categories, in modification of
the existing provisions on the subject.

3. The recommendations of the Commission have
been under consideration of the Government for some time. Orders have already
been issued regarding ex gratia payment in case of death in service vide this
Department's O.M. No. 45/55/97-P. & P.W. (C) , dated 11-9-1998 [vide Appendix
5 in this compilation ]. In respect of disability pension/family pension, the
President is now pleased to decide as under :-

(i)

Cases covered under the Category (A) would continue to be
covered under the normal existing provision of CCS (Pension) Rules.

(ii)

In cases covered under Categories (B), (C), (D) & (E),
the scales of the family pension/disability pension would be as under :-

I.Family Pension - for Categories 'B' & 'C'

(1)

Distinction between widows without children or those with
children, for determination of the quantum of extraordinary family pension
shall stand abolished. The quantum of monthly extraordinary family pension
for all categories of widows shall be :-

(a) Where the deceased Government servant was not holding a pensionable
post: 40% of basic pay subject to a minimum of Rs.1,650/-

(b) Where the deceased Government servant was holding a
pensionable post :
60% of basic pay subject to a minimum of
Rs.
2500.

(2)

In case where the widow dies or remarries, the children
shall be paid family pension at the rates mentioned at (a) or (b) above,
as applicable, and the same rate shall also apply to fatherless/motherless
children. In both cases, family pension shall be paid to children for the
period during which they would have been eligible for family pension under
the CCS (Pension) Rules. Dependent parents/brothers/sisters, etc., shall
be paid family pension at one-half the rate applicable to
widows/fatherless or motherless children.

II. Family Pension under Categories 'D' & 'E'

(1)

Family pension in cases, falling under categories 'D'
& 'E' shall be determined under the existing provision of Liberalized
Pensionary Awards Scheme.

(2)

If the Government servant is not survived by widow but is
survived by child/children only, all children together shall be eligible
for family pension at the rate of 60% of basic pay, subject to a minimum
of Rs. 2500. Children allowance. as admissible now, shall stand abolished.

(3)

When the Government servant dies a bachelor or as a widower
without children, dependent pension will be admissible to parent without
reference to pecuniary circumstances, at the rate of 75% of pay last drawn
if both parents are alive and at the rate of 60% if only one of them is
alive.

For lower percentage of disability, the monthly disability
pension shall be proportionately lower as at present, provided that where
permanent disability is not less than 60% , the total pension (i.e.,
pension or service gratuity admissible under the ordinary pension rules
plus disability pension as indicated at (1) above) shall not be less than
60% of basic pay, subject to a minimum of Rs. 2500.

IV. Disability Pension - for cases covered under Category
'D'

(1)

Disability pension comprising a service element equal to the
retiring pension and gratuity to which the employee would have been
entitled to on the basis of his pay on the date of invalidation but
counting service up to the date on which he would have retired in the
normal course and disability element equal in amount to normal family
pension subject to the condition that the aggregate of the service
and disability element shall not be less than 80% of the pay last drawn,
for 100% disability.

(2)

For lower percentage of disability, the disability element
shall be proportionately lower as at present.

V. Disability Pension - for cases covered under Category
'E'

(1)

Disability pension comprising a service element equal to the
retiring pension & gratuity to which the employee would have been
entitled to on the basis of his pay on the date of invalidation but
counting service up to the date on which he would have retired in normal
course and disability element equal in amount to the pay last drawn
subject to the condition that the aggregate of the service and disability
elements shall not exceed the pay last drawn, for 100% disability.

(2)

For lower percentage of disability, the disability element
shall be proportionately lower as at present.

4. Other terms and conditions in the CCS(EOP)
Rules and Liberalized Pensionary Awards Scheme which are not specifically
modified by these orders shall continue to remain operative.

5. The Fifth Central Pay Commission also
suggested certain procedural changes. These have also been considered by the
Government. The President is now pleased to decide as under:-

(i)

The extent of disability or functional incapacity shall be
determined in the following manner for purposes of computing the
disability element forming part of benefits :-

Percentage of disability
assessed by Medical Board

Percentage to be reckoned for computation
of disability element.

Less than 50

50

Between 50 and 75

75

Between 76 and 100

100

(ii)

The findings of the Medical Board on the extent of
disability would be treated as final and binding unless the employee
himself seeks a review by preferring an appeal to an Authority immediately
superior to the one who had constituted the Board. In case the appeal is
accepted and a review Medical Board is constituted, the findings of the
Board would be binding on all parties.

The extent of disability as determined and accepted would be treated as
final and the employee would not be required to appear before Medical
Board periodically for the purpose of obtaining a certificate that the
disability continues to persist.

(iii)

Different department and offices shall have the powers to
grant disability family pension covered under the Government orders and
instructions issued on the subject. They shall exercise these powers,
wherever necessary, in consultation with the Financial Advisers. Only in
cases not covered strictly in terms of the Government guidelines and
instructions, reference to Department of Pension and Pension's Welfare
shall be made.

6. These orders will be effective from
1-1-1996. The past cases of pre-1996 pensioners/family pensioners will be
revised under this Dept's O.M. No. 45/86/97-P. & P.W. (A)-Part-II, dated
27-10-1997. Such consolidated pension, shall, however, be subject to the
provisions of the Dept.'s O.M. No. 45/10/98-P. & P.W. (A). dated
17/12/1998. [see also Decision (6) below.]

7. This issues with the concurrence of the
Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure vide their U.O. No. 20/E. V/2000.
dated 6-1-2000.

8. In so far as employees of IA & AD are
concerned, these orders have been issued after consultation with the C & AG
of India.

(2) Appointing authorities competent to sanction awards in
clear cases and where there is no disagreement. - It has been decided to delegate
powers to Appointing Authorities to sanction awards under the relevant Extraordinary
Pension Rules in those cases in which the proposed pension or gratuity is held to be
clearly admissible under Rules, i.e., where there is no disagreement between the Accounts
Officer and the Appointing Authority as regards the admissibility of the awards or the
amount admissible.

In cases where the President is the Appointing Authority the powers
already delegated will continue to be exercised by the Administrative Ministries and the
Comptroller and Auditor-General.

Cases which are not clearly covered by the Rules or where there is
disagreement between the various authorities mentioned above, or wherein award is proposed
to be granted on ex gratia basis, should, however, continue to be referred to the Ministry
of Finance as usual.

(3) Award only under EOP Rules in cases covered under both
the Pension Rules. - Family Pension to the families of Government servants
governed by the Family Pension Scheme, 1964 [Rule 54 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972] as well
as the CCS (EOP) Rules whose death is accepted as due to Government service as defined in
the latter rules, would be paid under the CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules and not under
this Scheme. In other words, they will not be entitled to benefits under the said Scheme
in addition.

(4) Appeal against the findings of a Medical Board who
examined a Government servant for the purpose of grant of wound or other extraordinary
pensions. - The question of admitting appeals of Government servants against the
decision of the Medical Board who examined them for the purpose of grant of wound or other
extraordinary pension under the relevant extraordinary pension rules, has been receiving
the attention of Government for some time. After careful consideration, the Government
have decided the following procedure may be followed in this regard :-

(i)

The findings of the examining Medical Board should be made
known to the Government servant concerned as soon as possible after the receipt of the
medical report by the Head of the Office/Department. The Government servant concerned
should, if he desires to appeal against such decisions, do so together with requisite
evidence in support of his case within one month from the date on which the findings of
the Medical Board were made known to him. Ordinarily there is no right of appeal from the
findings of an examining medical authority but if Government are satisfied on the evidence
placed before them by the Government servant concerned, of the possibility of an error of
judgment in the decision of the examining medical authority, it will be open to them to
allow re-examination by a second Medical Board.

(ii)

If any medical certificate is produced by the Government
servant as a piece of evidence about the possibility of an error of judgement in the
decision of an examining medical authority who had examined him in the first instance, the
certificate will not be taken into consideration unless it contains a note by the medical
practitioner who gave the certificate to the effect that it has been given in full
knowledge of the fact that the person concerned has already been examined by a Medical
Board who have given their opinion as to the injury/disease in respect of which the
Government servant had applied for extraordinary pension.

(iii)

The expenditure incurred in assembling the Review Board shall
be borne by the Government, provided that the Government servant shall be required to pay
a prescribed fee which shall be refunded if his appeal is upheld by the Review Board.

(iv)

To ensure uniformity of procedure, all appeals shall at first
be referred to the Ministry of Health who shall advise on the evidence produced as to
whether there is an error of judgement on the part of the examining Medical Board who
first conducted the Medical examination and whether the appeal should be accepted or not
and if accepted, by whom such re-examination should be conducted.

(5) Procedure in regard to the grant of extraordinary pension
in respect of State Government servants on deputation to the Central Government and vice
versa. - The procedure in regard to the grant of extraordinary pension in respect
of State Government servants on deputation to Central Government and vice versa has not
been uniform so far. The position has, therefore, been reviewed in this regard and it has
been decided that the following procedure should be followed in the matter in future :-

(i)

The grant of extraordinary pension/gratuity should be
regulated in accordance with the rules of the borrowing Government in respect of
Government servants receiving injuries or dying during the period of deputation.

(ii)

The liability for such an award should be that of the
borrowing Government.

(iii)

The Union Public Service Commission or the State Public
Service Commission should be consulted according as the borrowing Government is the
Central Government or the State Government except when the borrowing Government is the
Government of Jammu and Kashmir. No consultation with the State Public Service Commission
would be necessary in the extraordinary pension cases of Central Government officers
deputation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

(iv)

The sanction for the grant of such an award should be issued
by the borrowing Government after usual consultation with the Accounts Officer.

2. The procedure prescribed in sub-para. (i) above should be deemed
to be relaxed in cases where the extraordinary pension rules of the borrowing Government
are found to be less advantageous. Such cases should be dealt with in relaxation of the
rules of the borrowing Government so as to allow the Government servants concerned or the
members of their families the benefits admissible under the rules of the lending
Government. In such cases the borrowing Government should forward a casualty report and
statement of case together with connected documents to the lending Government who will
obtain a report from the Accounts Officer concerned. On receipt of an Audit report, the
lending Government will forward the same along with the relevant documents to the
borrowing Government for consultation with their Public Service Commission, when
necessary, and issue of necessary sanction. While sending these documents, the lending
Government should also state whether they agree with the report of the Accounts Officer
and in case of disagreement they should state reasons for the disagreement giving their
views as to the admissibility and quantum of award.

3. The decisions contained in the above paragraph shall also apply
mutatis mutandis in respect of Government servants of the Posts and Telegraphs, Railways
and Defence Departments on deputation to the other Departments of the Central
Government and vice-versa and these three Departments shall be treated as
separate Governments for the purpose of these orders.

4. These orders do not apply to the State Government servants on
deputation from the State of UP to the Central Government and vice versa. These orders
also do not apply to All India Services Officers.

(6) Ex gratiapayment to families
of Government servants travelling by service aircraft and dying in accidents. - The
death of a Government servant as a result of an accident, while travelling by air on duty,
is treated as being due to 'special risk of office' for the purposes of Central Civil
Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules. His family is in that event entitled to the
pension and gratuity admissible under those rules. If death occurs while travelling by a
commercial plane operated by the Indian Airlines Corporation, the family is likely to
receive an ex-gratia payment from the Corporation. No such cover is, however, available
if
the death occurs in an accident while travelling on duty by service aircrafts. The
question of giving compensation in such cases has been under the consideration of the
Government. It is felt that the benefits to the families of Government servants involved
in fatal accidents, while travelling as passengers and members of the crew by service
aircraft in the course of the performance of their official duties, should be on par with
those available to the families of similar personnel travelling by IAC planes as fare
paying passengers. It has, therefore, been decided that the families of such personnel may
be given an ex-gratia payment at a uniform rate of Rs. 5,00,000 in addition to the
benefits admissible under the Extraordinary Pension Rules. This payment would be of a
purely ex-gratia nature. It will be sanctioned in each case with the concurrence of the
Ministry of Finance.

The grant of the aforesaid ex-gratia payment will be without
prejudice to the bond required to be executed by civilian Government servants indemnifying
Government against any claims on account of death, etc., while in flight by service
aircraft.

The provisions contained in the above decision shall apply to the
following types of air journeys also, subject to such journeys being undertaken by a
Government servant while on duty in public interest -

(7) Revision of Disability
Pension/Family Pension of Pre-1996 Pensioners, In para 6 of O.M.
45/22/97-P & P.W. (C), dated the 3rd February, 2000 (Decision (1) above), it
has been provided that the past cases of pre-1996 pensioners/family pensioners
will revised under this Department's OM, dated 17-12-1998.

2. The question of modified parity
between past and present pensioners, covered under the Central Civil Services
(Extraordinary Pension) Rules/Liberalized Pensionary Award Scheme, on the lines
of benefits sanctioned for ordinary pensioner/family pensioners, has been
under the consideration of the Government. It has now been decided that the
revision of pre-1996 pensioners/family pensioners coming under this category
would be done as under.

(A) The past cases of pre-1996
pensioners/family pensioners will be revised under this Department' O.M No.
45/86/97-P & P.W. (A) (Part-II), dated 27-10-1997 as is being done hithertofore
and the revised pension on the basis of the provisions of this OM worked out.

(B) The benefits under this Department's O.M.
No. 45/86/97-P. & P.W. (A) (Part-III), dated 10-2-1998 shall also be
extended in the case of pensioners/family pensioners of these categories. In
other words, the pay of the employee would be updated from one Central Pay
Commission to the subsequent one, etc., and fixed notionally as on 1-1-1986, as
if he was in service on that day, as per the procedure laid down in the OM,
dated 10-2-1998. The pension/family pension on such notionally fixed emoluments
would now be calculated by applying the rates applicable for each category of
Extraordinary Pension/Family Pensioners and this would be further
consolidated for fixation of pension as on 1-1-1996 by applying the usual
procedure.

(C) The pension/family pension shall also be
calculated as on 1-1-1996 by applying the following procedure.

1. Family pension for Categories "B" & "C'

(a)

Where the deceased Government servant was not holding a
pensionable post:

40% of minimum basic pay in the revised scale, applicable from
1-1-1996, of the post last held by the employee, subject to a minimum of
Rs. 1650.

(b)

Where the deceased Government servant was holding a pensionable post :

60% of minimum basic pay in the revised scale, applicable from
1-1-1996, of the post last held by the employee, subject to a minimum of
Rs. 2500.

In case where the widow dies or
remarries, the children shall be paid family pension at
the rates mentioned at (a) or (b) above, as applicable, and the same rate shall
also apply to fatherless/motherless children. In both cases, family pension
shall be paid to children for the period during which they would have been
eligible for family pension under the CCS(Pension) Rules. Dependent
parents/brothers/sisters, etc., shall be paid family pension one-half the rate
applicable to widows/fatherless or motherless children.

II. Family Pension under categories 'D' & 'E'

Family pension shall
be calculated as the minimum pay in the revised scale of pay, applicable from
1-1-1996, of the last post held by the employee.

(a)

If the Government servant is not survived by his widow but
is survived by child/children only, all children together shall be
eligible for the family pension at the rate of 60% of minimum basic pay in
the revised scale, applicable from 1-1-1996, of the post held by the
employee, subject to a minimum of Rs. 2,500.

(b)

When the Government servant dies as a bachelor or as a
widower without children, dependent pension will be admissible to parent
without reference to pecuniary circumstances, at the rate of 75% of
minimum basic pay in the revised scale applicable from 1-1-1996, of the
post last held by the employee, if both parents are alive and at the rate
of 60% if only one of them is alive.

III. Disability Pension for Categories 'B' & 'C'

(a)

Disability pension calculated as 50% of the
minimum basic pay in the revised scale, applicable from 1-1-1996, of the
post last held by the employee, to be reduced proportionately, if the
employee did not have required qualifying service for full pension plus
disability pension equal to 30% of the same minimum basic pay, for 100%
disability.

(b)

For lower percentage of disability, proportionate reduction
would be made in the same manner as provided in the OM, dated 3-2-2000.
[Decision (1) above. ]

IV. Disability Pension for Category 'D'

(a)

Disability pension would comprise of a service element equal
to 50% of the minimum basic pay in the revised scale, applicable from
1-1-1996, of the post last held by the employee subject to proportionate
reduction in case his qualifying service up to the deemed date of
retirement falls short of full qualifying service and disability element
equal to 30% of the same minimum basic pay, subject to the condition that
the aggregate of service and disability element shall not be less than 80%
of the minimum basic pay in the revised scale, applicable from 1-1-1996,
of the post last held by the employee, for 100% disability.

(b)

For lower percentage of disability, proportionate
reduction shall be made as provided in OM, dated 3-2-2000. [Decision (1)
above.]

V. Disability Pension for cases under Category 'E'

(a)

Disability pension would comprise of a service element
equal to 50% of the minimum basic pay in the revised scale applicable from
1-1-1996 of the post last held by the employee subject to proportionate
reduction in case his qualifying service up to the deemed date of retirement
falls short of full qualifying service and a disability element equal to
the same basic pay, subject to the condition that the aggregate of service
and disability elements shall not exceed the minimum basic pay in the
revised scale, applicable from 1-1-1996, for the post last held by the
employee, for 100% disability.

(b)

For lower percentage of the disability, proportionate
reduction would be made as provided in OM, dated 3-2-2000. [ Decision (1)
above ].

3. After the revised pension/family pension
has been calculated in accordance with the methods indicated in (A), (B) and (C)
above, the highest of the three shall be granted as revised pension with effect
from 1-1-1996.

1. Rule 3-A covers also cases
of death after discharge/invaliding from service.

2. In deciding on the issue of entitlement, all the
evidence (both direct and circumstantial) will be taken into account and the benefit of
reasonable doubt will be given to the claimant. This benefit will be given more liberally
to the claimant in field service cases.

3. Post-discharge claims. - Cases in which a disease did
not actually lead to the Government servant's discharge from service but arose within 7
years thereafter may be recognized as attributable to service, if it can be established
medically that the disability is a delayed manifestation of a pathological process set in
motion by service conditions obtaining prior to discharge and that if the disability had
been manifest at the time of discharge, the individual would have been invalided out of
service on this account. In cases where an individual in receipt of a disability pension
dies at home, and it cannot, from a strictly medical point of view, be definitely
established that the death was solely due to the disablement in respect of which the
disability pension was granted -

(a)

the benefit of doubt in determining attributability, should
go to the family of the deceased, if death occurs within 7 years from the date of his
invalidment from service, unless there are other factors adversely affecting the claim ;
and

(b)

if death takes place more than 7 years after the date of the
man's invalidment from service, the benefit of doubt will go to the State.

In cases where an individual outlives a normal span of life, i.e.,
where death takes place at the age of 60 or above, the death should be held to be due to
normal causes and not to Government service.

NOTE. - Death of a disability pensioner, whose disablement has been accepted on the
basis of aggravation, may also be accepted as due to Government service under Rule 3-A (1) (b) if the last assessment of disablement was 50 per
cent, or above. If the last accepted assessment of disablement was less than 50 per cent,
death should not be regarded as due to service.

The above procedure will apply when death is established as due to
the disability in respect of which disability pension was granted. If this is not the case,
the identification of the cause of death with the invaliding disability will first be
determined in accordance with the provisions of the Guidelines. If the identity can be
conceded there under, the procedure in the preceding sub-paragraph will be followed for
determining the further point whether entitlement to extraordinary family pension can be
conceded in a case where on invaliding disability was aggravated by service.

4.

(a)

(i)

Injuries sustained when the man is 'on duty' will be deemed
to have arisen in, or resulted from, Government service ; but in cases of injuries
due to serious negligence or misconduct, the question of reducing the disability pension
will be considered.

(ii)

In cases of self-inflicted injuries while on duty,
attributability will not be conceded unless it is established that service factors were
responsible for such action ; in cases where attributability is conceded, the question of
grant of disability pension at full or at a reduced rate will be considered.

(b)

A person subject to the disciplinary code of the
Central Armed Police Battalions, is 'on duty' -

(i)

When performing an official task or a task, failure to do
which would constitute an offence, triable under the disciplinary code, applicable to him.

(ii)

When moving from one place of duty to another place of duty
irrespective of the method of movement.

(iii)

During the period of participation in recreation, organized
or permitted by service authorites, and during the period of travelling in a body or
singly under organized arrangements.

(iv)

When proceeding from his duty station to his leave station
on returning to duty from his leave station at public expenses, that is, on
Railway
warrant, on cash TA (irrespective of whether Railway warrant/cash TA is admitted for the
whole journey or for a portion only), in Government transport or when road mileage is paid
for the journey.

1(v)

When journeying by a reasonable route from one's official
residence to and back from the appointed place of duty irrespective of the mode of
conveyance, whether private or provided by the Government.

An accident which occurs when a man is not
strictly 'on duty' as defined above, may also be attributable to service, provided that it
involved risk which was definitely enhanced in kind or degree by the nature, conditions,
obligations or incidents of his service and that the same was not a risk common to human
existence in modern conditions in India. Thus, for example, where a person is killed or
injured by someone by reason of his belonging to an Armed Police Battalion (and in the
course of his duty in such service, he had incurred wrath of such person) he shall be
deemed to be 'on duty' at the relevant time.

This benefit will be given more liberally to the claimant in cases
occurring on 'active service' as defined in the relevant Acts/Rules (e.g., those
applicable to BSF/CRPF, etc., Personnel).

NOTE 1. - (a) Personnel of the Central Armed Police
Battalions participating in (i) local/national/international sports tournaments as member
of service teams, or (ii) mountaineering/gliding expeditions organized by the service
authorities, with the approval of Government, will be deemed to be 'on duty' for purposes
of the entitlement rules of disability and family pension.

(b) The above personnel participating in the
above-mentioned sports tournaments or in privately organized mountaineering expeditions or
indulging in gliding as a hobby, in their individual capacity, will not be deemed to be
'on duty' for purposes of those rules, even though prior permission of the competent
service authorities may have been obtained by them.

(c) Injuries sustained by the above
personnel in impromptu games and sports outside parade hours, which are organized by, or
with the approval of, the local service authority, and deaths arising from such injuries
will be regarded as having occurred while 'on duty' for purposes of these rules.

NOTE 2. - The above personnel deputed for Training Courses conducted
by the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, or other similar recognized
institutes, shall be treated on par with personnel attending other authorized professional
courses or exercises for the services for the purpose of the grant of disability/family
pensions on account of disability/death sustained during the courses.

5. In respect of diseases, the following rules will be observed :-

(a) Cases, in which it is established that conditions of Government
service did not determine or contribute to the onset of the disease but influenced the
subsequent course of the disease, will fall for acceptance on the basis of aggravation.

(b) A disease which has led to an individual's discharge or death
will ordinarily be deemed to have arisen in service if no note of it was made at the time
of the individual's acceptance for Government service. However, if medical opinion holds,
for reasons to be stated, that the disease could not have been detected on medical
examination prior to acceptance for service, the disease will not be deemed to have arisen
during service.

(c) If a disease is accepted as having arisen in service, it must
also be established that the conditions of Government service determined or contributed to
the onset of the disease and that the conditions were due to the circumstances on duty in
Government service.

(d) In considering whether a particular disease is due to Government
service, it is necessary to relate the established facts, in the a etiology of the disease
and of its normal development, to the effect that conditions of service, e.g., exposure,
stress, climate, etc., may have had on its manifestation. Regard must also be had to the
time factor (Also see Schedule I-A).

(i)

Common diseases known to be affected by exposure to
weather

Diseases such as Bronchitis, Rheumatism and Nephritis - indeed most
diseases of the respiratory system, joints and kidneys - are affected by climatic
conditions. The period and the conditions of service at any particular place should be
taken into account in determining causal connection with service.

(ii)

Commondiseases known to be affected
by stress and strain

This should be decided with due reference to the nature of the
duties which the individual has had to perform in Government service. It may be that in
some cases the individual had been engaged on sedentary duties, when they will normally
not qualify.

(iii)

Diseases endemic to certian areas

Diseases such as Malaria, Kalazar, Filariasis, Dysentery, Cholera,
etc., are endemic in certain ares. These diseases may also be introduced by movements of
infected persons.

In determining causal connection with service, it will have to be
established that the conditions of Government service exposed the individual to the
infections as a result of which he contracted the disease. Where there is medical evidence
of the contraction of the diseases either prior to entry into service, or while off duty
or on leave or desertion or unauthorized absence, etc., attributability should not be
accepted, unless the disease occurs within the incubation period.

(iv)

Diseases due to infections in service

Entitlement to pension will be admitted if the exposure to infection
arose from the circumstances of the member's Government service.

(v)

Diseases known to be affected by dietary compulsions

The compulsions of service would also cover such cases as gastric
disorders, e.g., gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, where it is established that the
member was unable to follow a dietary regime required for his condition. The effect of
service in such cases will be limited essentially to the question of aggravation of a
pre-existing constitutional condition. This will not normally apply to individuals in
sedentary occupation.

(vi)

Diseases which run their course independently of
external circumstances

There are certain diseases which would have run the same course
whether the individual had been in Government service or not, e.g., Leukaemia, Hodgkin's
disease, etc. (See Part II of Schedule I-A). Such cases will not be accepted as aggravated
by service unless it is clear that owing to exigencies of service, the man did not receive
treatment of a satisfactory character and standard or such treatment was so delayed, as to
be less effective than it should have been.

(vii)

Venereal Diseases

(1) Venereal disease will normally be rejected but
a sequela of the disease may sometimes be accepted as aggravated by service. In the case
of such disease contracted during service, grounds for acceptance will rarely be found
unless the member after treatment had returned to full duty and had been subjected to such
strain as would produce one of the after effects of the disease sooner than would have
normally been the case. The strain must have been of an exceptional nature.

(2) In the case of disease contracted before
service if the member had reached an age when such a manifestation could be accepted,
entitlement will not be conceded. On the other hand, if the later manifestation had been
produced or hastened by the strain of service in which case there should be evidence that
the strain was of an exceptional nature, entitlement may be considered on the basis of
aggravation.

(3) In the case of disease due to heredity,
entitlement must be determined as in Para. (2) above.

(4) The above refers only to late manifestations
or sequela of venereal disease as Neuro Syphilis or Cardio-vascular syphilis.

(viii)

Invalidation on account of indulgence in drugs or
drinks

Entitlement shall not be conceded if the disability or death on
which the claim is based, resulted from indulgence in drugs or drinks which was within
one's own control.

6. Unforeseen effects of service medical treatment . -

(a) Whether unforeseen complications arise as a result of treatment
(including operative treatment) given for the purpose of rendering a member fit for
service duties, any disablement resulting will normally be accepted as attributable to
service.

(b) Where the treatment is given for other reasons, the position
regarding any unforeseen complications differs according as the condition which
necessitated treatment was or was not, either attributable to or aggravated by service. If
it was so attributable or aggravated, any disablement resulting from the treatment, it will
normally be accepted as attributable to service. If it was not, no responsibility will be
accepted for the additional disablement unless neglect, delay, faulty technique or lack of
reasonable skill can be held responsible for the untoward outcome, or the exigencies of
service before, during or after the treatment can be held to have caused or aggravated the
condition.

(c) The above considerations apply whether the treatment is given in
a service hospital or under service arrangements in any other hospital but will not apply
if the treatment, is undertaken under private arrangement by an individual.

7. Assessment. -

(a) The assessment of a disability is the estimate of the degree of
disablement it causes, which can properly be ascribed to service as defined below.

(b) The disablement properly referable to service will be assessed as
under -

(i)

At the time of discharge from the Government service* -

Superscript * means Special consideration should be given to cases to which the disablement has been or may
have been worsened by the improper or excessive use of alcohol, tobacco or drugs or by
venereal disease. In such cases, the effects of these will be excluded in assessing
disablement ascribable to service.

Normally the whole of the disablement then caused by the disability.
This rule will apply irrespective of whether the disability is actually attributable to
service, or is merely aggravated thereby. In the latter event, part of the disablement on
discharge may have been present before service and/or may have been brought about by the
natural progress of the disability during service. But as it is impossible, for so long as
the strain and stress of service continues, to apportion quantitatively the effects of
service and non-service factors, the entire disablement at the time of discharge will be
taken into account. For example :

(1)

Where a person who had a partially disabled hand, sustains an
injury to the same hand which renders it less useful than before, or a person with an
impaired foot injures the other as a result of service, thus increasing his defect in
locomotion ; or

(2)

Where a person gives history of cough and cold prior to enrolment and is invalided out of
service for Chronic Bronchitis held to be aggravated by service, pension will be
admissible for the total disablement.

(ii)

On re-survey of disability after discharge from the service. -

The whole of the disablement then caused by the disability, less the
following : -

(1)

The part due to non-service factors, such as individual
habits, occupation in civil life, accident after discharge, climatic environment after
discharge ;

(2)

Any worsening due to the natural progress of the disability since discharge apart
from the effects of service.

Deduction (1) will be made in all cases ; while deduction (2) above will apply only in
cases where the disability is accepted as aggravated by, but not attributable to, service.

(c) In cases accepted as aggravated by service,
although a percentage of disablement, equal to more than 20 per cent, may be assessed on
medical resurvey, after discharge from service, in accordance with para. (b) (ii) (2)
above, disability pension will cease to be payable as soon as the effects of the
aggravation by service have passed away, e.g., where a person with disease, e.g.,
Fibrositis, Bronchitis, Eczema, etc., held to be aggravated by service, is invalided out
and on resurvey was found by the Medical Board to have been restored (a) to his
pre-service condition or (b) the condition in which he may have been normally at that time
even if he had not joined Government service, aggravation by service will be deemed to
have passed away.

(d) Paired organs, -

(i)

Paired organs, namely, eyes, ears, arms and legs shall be
considered together, where disablement due to service occurs in one of a pair of organs,
assessment on discharge will be made with reference to the diminution of the functional
capacity of the organs working together. Therefore, assessment will include functional
defect of the pair of organs.

(ii)

Subject to the exceptions specified below, any subsequent increase in the non-service
disablement and non-service disablement arising after discharge whether due to injury or
disease will be excluded from the assessment.

(iii)

Cases arise in which at the time of discharge, there is damage by service to one only of
the paired organs (namely, eyes, ears, arms including hands) and legs (including
feet) and the other is, either normal or impaired in a minor degree. Where the disablement
acceptable under Clause (ii) above and the disablement of the other limb or organ are
together assessable at any subsequent date at 100 %, the assessment for pension purposes
will be increased by one half of the difference between the current assessment and 100 per
cent. For instance, a pensioner receiving an award at the 40 % rate for the loss of an eye
who later loses the sight of his other eye through a non-service cause, will have his
award increased to 70 % rate ; and a pensioner with an award at 80 % for a gunshot wound
of an arm, who later develops severe arthritis of his other arm, thereby being 100 %
disabled, will qualify for a revised award at 90 % rate. Where the combined disablement of
the pair of organs is less than 100 %, but is more than twice as serious as the
disablement acceptable under Clause (ii) above, the assessment will be increased to one
half of the combined disablement. If, for example, a pensioner with an award at 30 % rate
for the loss of vision of one eye partially loses the sight of the other eye through a
non-service cause, and the defective vision of both eyes together is assessable at 80 %,
his award will be increased to the 40 % rate.

(iv)

The provisions of the preceding sub-clause are applicable even where the second of a pair
of organs has been disabled by some generalized disability (e.g., rheumated arthritis)
which would have also disabled the first of the pair if it had not been lost or damaged as
the result of service.

(e) Composite assessments. -

Where there are two or more disabilities due to service,
compensation will be based on the composite assessment of the degree of disablement.
Generally speaking, when separate disabilities have entirely different functional effects,
the composite assessment will be the arithmetical sum of their separate assessments. But
where the functional effects of the disabilities overlap, the composite assessment will be
reduced in proportion to the degree of overlapping.

(f) Nil disablement. -

Where, although a definite disability is or has been in evidence,
the Medical Board consider that any disablement resulting therefore has ceased or has
become so small as not to admit of assessable compensation, the assessment will be
expressed as "nil disablement".

(g) Where the disability due to service has no
connection with pre-existing disability, as for example, a person who had lost a finger
prior to enlistment, loses a great toe by service, compensation will be restricted to the
loss of the great toe only.

................................................................
Applicant
................................................................
Head of Office

* If not known exactly, please state on the best information or estimate and according to
the best of your knowledge and belief.

NOTE. - Thumb and finger impressions and particulars of height and
personal marks are not required to be given by such ladies, Gazetted Officers, Government
titile-holders and other persons as are specifically exempted, by the Government by
special orders in that behalf.

Application for Extraordinary Pension for the family of
the late Shri/Shrimati.................................................killed or died of
Injury/Disease/Injuries/Diseases claimed as being attributable to Government service.

(Form to be used by the Medical Board when reporting on
Injuries/Diseases/Death)

[ See Rule 13(4)(iii) ]

Instruction to be observed by the Medical Board
while preparing the Report

(1) The Medical Board before recording their opinion
should invariably consult the proceedings of the previous Medical Board, if any, as also
all previous Medical/Hospital documents connected with the Government servant brought
before them for examination, or who has died.

(2) If the injuries/diseases be more than one, they
should be numbered separately, giving percentage of disability for each, with full
details.

(3) In answering the questions in the prescribed Form,
the Medical Board will confine itself exclusively to the medical aspect of the case, and
will carefully discriminate between the Government servant's/claimant's unsupported
statements and the documentary evidence available.

(4) The Medical Board will not express any opinion,
either to the Government servant examined (or any of his relatives or friends, etc.) or in
their Reports, as to whether he or his family is entitled to compensation or as to the
amount of it, nor will it inform the Government servant or any other person connected with
the Government servant of anything about the nature of the Medical Report given by it.

(6) The Report of the Medical Board, on each occasion,
shall be supported by all the necessary and full Medical and Hospital documents which
shall be maintained and preserved for reference, from time to time, as may be necessary,
until the same would no longer be required for reference.

Proceedings of the Medical Board

CONFIDENTIAL

Proceedings of the Medical Board assembled
by the order of.........................................for the purpose of examining
and
reporting on -

(i)

The present state of the
Injury/Disease/Injuries/Diseases sustained/contracted by, or

(ii)

death of,
Shri/Shrimati....................................on
the....................................(please give date, month and year

(a)

State briefly the circumstances under
which the Injury/Disease/Injuries/Diseases was/were sustained/contracted or death occurred
and the date thereof ;

(b)

What is the Government servant's
present condition?

(c)

Is the Government servants's -

(i)

present condition, or

(ii)

death

wholly due to Injury/Disease/Injuries/Diseases
and reason as claimed?

If so, please explain fully how.

If not, please state to what other causes the
same is/are attributable.

(d)

From which date it appears that the
Government servant has been/was incapacitated on that account :

(e)

Which is the date of
injury/disease/death :

The opinion of the Board upon the
questions below is as follows :-

PART A. FIRST EXAMINATION

1. The percentage of disability due
to Injury/Disease /Injuries/Diseases is ................................. % [Please give
herein below full details/justification about the nature of the
Injury/Disease/Injuries/Diseases and for percentage of disability certified, supported by
full/all medical and hospital documents with reference to Schedules I and I-A to the CCS
(EOP) Rules.]

I,
................................................(Number, rank, name and unit) hereby
declare that the injury sustained by me on ........................................ did*/did not* occur
while I was in the performance of Government duty.

..............................................................................
(Medical Officer before whom the
declaration is made)

(Signed statements of witnesses giving a detailed account
of the circumstances of the accident must be attached to this Form. Place or sketch of
place of accident and how it occurred in cases of lorry, motor car or cycle accidents.)

4. Opinion of the Commandant/Head of Office

(a)

(i)

Was the individual in the course of performance
of an official talks or a talks the failure to do which would constitute and offence triable
under the disciplinary code applicable to him? (Indicate the nature of the task, by whom
it was ordered and when)

...

...

or

(ii)

Did the accident occur during the journey or
transport by a reasonable route under to organized arrangements from the individual's
quarter to or back from an appointed place of duty? Cite and attach copies of standing
instructions or other orders in support, if the journey or transport was officially
organized, also a sketch showing the reasonable route from the individual's quarter to the
place of duty

...

...

or

(iii)

Was the individual participating in recreation
organized or permitted by service authorities? Indicate the nature of the recreation,
e.g., PT Exercises including games. In case of game and sports out of parade hours, cite
and attach copy or official orders to indicate that it was organized or permitted by
competent authority

...

...

or

(iv)

Was the individual travelling either in a body or
singly under organized arrangements? (Cite and attach copy of official orders to indicate
that the arrangements were organized by competent authority)

...

...

or

(v)

Was the individual proceeding to his leave
station or returning to duty from his leave station? In either case, was the journey at
public expense or was performed on concession voucher or at individual's own expense?

[Give -

(1)

the date of commencement and termination of the period of
leave ;

...

...

(2)

the name of the leave station ; and

...

...

(3)

particulars of the direct route from the place of
duty to or from the leave station.]

(b)

Was the accident due wholly/partially to :

(i)

serious negligence
...

...

...

and/or

(ii)

misconduct of the individual? (Indicate the nature
of the serious negligence or misconduct and the grounds on which the opinion is based)

...

(c)

Was any one else to blame for the accident? (If
so, indicated how and to what extent)

...

(d)

Was the individual under the influence of
intoxicating drink or drug at the material time?

...

(e)

Has any Court of Enquiry been held or will be
held? [If so, indicate the date and the place of the enquiry, and attach the Enquiry
Report (in original]1

5. The injury/disability/death occurred in peace/field/operational
area and is/is not attributable to Government service.

Date.......................Station...........................

...........................................................
Head of State/Frontier DG/
Head of Office/
Head of Department

Footnote : 1. In all cases of death, Court of Enquiry must be held ; so also in respect of disability
exceeding 20%.
2. To be completed and signed by OC unit if injury is not severe and no Court of Enquiry
is held.

FOR USE ON FIELD SERVICE ONLY (Items 6-8)
(To be completed in all field service cases where injuries are,
or are suspected to be self-inflicted)

6.

(a)

Opinion of the Unit Commander

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(b)

Disciplinary action taken, or proposed, whether against
injured individual or another
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8. The casualty should be reported
as...................................................................................................................................
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..............................Service..........................................Force...........................................Other
full service particulars and office address,
etc.....................................................................................
.Disability..................................................Outcome
of the case, i.e., died or to be invalided..........
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Was the individual in your opinion of average
physique and stamina when he joined the unit?

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2.

(a)

Was the individual, as far as you are aware, in
his normal health prior to the onset of the illness?

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(b)

If you are aware of any previous illness from
which he suffered (which is not recorded in his medical history), state its nature and
duration

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3.

Was the individual employed on sedentary
duties/sheltered occupation? If so -

(a)

had he to do PT and/or Parades?

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(b)

was he doing it regularly prior to falling ill or
had been exempted therefrom on account of ill-health? If so, from which date?

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4.

(a)

(i)

Mention any circumstances of exposure giving details thereof,
and/or

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(ii)

State periods and conditions of service, at any particular
place, which you consider caused or aggravated the illness

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(b)

(i)

Give the nature of duties he had to perform in Government
service

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(ii)

Was he subject to stress and strain by such duties? If so,
was it of an exceptional nature? Give details

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(c)

Diseases endemic to certain areas or disease due
to infection :

(i)

If disability or death was due to infection, is there any
evidence that the exposure was due to negligence or misconduct on his part?

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(ii)

Did he live in unit lines or was he permitted to live outside
with his family?

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(iii)

How many out-passes was he granted during the previous month
and what was the date of the last out-pass?

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(iv)

Was the disease endemic to the area he was serving in and
during this period or immediately preceding it were there other cases of the same disease
in the unit? If so, give the number of such cases, details of movements of infected
persons and state any other circumstances which might have been responsible for the
disease

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(v)

Give the date of last leave and places where the leave was
spent. Did illness start during leave? If shortly after return from leave, state date on
which the illness commenced